Roasted Carrots with Honey and Pistachios

Roasted Baby Carrots cooked to perfection, drizzled with honey and tossed in crushed pistachios. Very easy to make.

I tend to be obsessive in life. When I like something I do a lot of it.

Case in point:

cooking

eating carrots

eating pistachios

watching the walking dead

then watching the walking dead again

then one more time to be sure I didn’t miss anything

then a fourth time to be really sure I didn’t miss anything

and by anything at all I mean Daryl Dixon, aka Norman Reedus

or as I like to call him, my future husband. Just don’t tell my current one.

Let’s keep that last one to ourselves. It’s our little secret. Pinkie swear?

M’kay.

Okay back to the carrots. Sorry about that. Got all carried away with stuff, and things.

I love roasted carrots, I make Balsamic Roasted Baby Carrots quite often. I also love them with honey drizzled over them. I made a batch recently and decided to toss some pistachio bits over them that I had leftover from a baking project. Turned out wonderfully. Now I want to toss pistachios on everything.

Cripes, your mind just went there, didn’t it? Come on people, mind out of the gutter! The only thing I’d be throwing at him is myself.

Okay, go forth and make carrots. Roasted Carrots with Honey and Pistachios. And try to forget the image of Norman Reedus covered in pistachios. For those that can’t, well, you’re welcome!

Line a rimmed cookie sheet with parchment paper, if you don't have any just spray it liberally with non-stick cooking spray.

Rinse your carrots and pat dry.

In a medium sized glass bowl place the carrots inside.

Pour the olive oil over top, then sprinkle with salt and pepper. Toss the carrots until well coated then pop them onto the cookie sheet.

Place in oven and roast them for about 20 to 30 minutes, depending on how crisp or soft you like your carrots, and how thick they are.

Now remove from oven, but keep the oven turned on, and the cookie sheet nearby The carrots will be going back into the oven momentarily.

Use a spatula and transfer the carrots to a bowl. Drizzle honey over top and toss to coat really well. Place them back on the cookie sheet, and spread them about evenly. Cook for about 10 to 15 minutes longer, this varies wildly depending on the thickness of the carrots, so watch them carefully. Honey burns quickly.

Remove from oven. Transfer to a bowl. Sprinkle with more coarse salt, pepper if desired. Toss the pistachios over top.

homemade bread, rye, pumpernickel, and some sort of a sweet and a savory one!! then a fantastic type of a desert, oh maybe cream puffs or ?? so many things i would love to make……i have wanted one of these for 30+ years!

Oh, and the first thing I would make with the mixer? A card to gift it to my beautiful daughter as she is now juggling the working mom / domestic diva roles. My bet, however, is that she would be cranking out my oatmeal chocolate chip walnut cookies first as they seem to be the biggest request I still get! (and that’s a pain living in the NWT and having most of the family in NS!)

I would use this much needed mixer to help out with my baking pound cakes and goodies that I have started selling and making for friends and loved ones. Having to use a cheap hand mixer to make dozens of cakes is a nightmare!!

I would make bread. And rolls. And keep my husband away from it!! He decided my mixer needed adjusting, so he fiddled with the screws and when I went to make my Easter rolls the top part of the unit started bouncing and it tore the coating off my dough hook. He had unknowingly adjusted the beater setting too low. Gotta love him, he was trying to help.

I’m glad I’m not the only one that watches a series 4 times to catch all the little nuances. I don’t roast whole carrots enough. I like how you added honey to sweeten the deal. Not the the thought of a pistachio covered Norman Reedus wasn’t sweet enough.

We just had a big bowlful of carrots tonight too. I am with you on The Walking Dead. I miss it so much when the season ends. The same with Strike Back. What is about violent TV programs? The men, maybe?

What an interesting recipe- it sounds DELICIOUS but I never would have thought of this combination! Oh it would be so hard to decide what to make first with a stand mixer…probably pizza crust, since it’s something I’m trying to perfect

The first thing I’d make would have to be bread! I don’t currently “own” a stand mixer, but I’m babysitting one for my best friend who moved to Australia for two years. I miss her to pieces, but I’ve been enjoying her mixer SO much! It kneads dough so perfectly! I’d love to have one of my own! On another note…those carrots look crazy delicious! I’m pinning them as soon as I’m done writing this!

I would devour that entire pan of carrots without an ounce of guilt! I love that you used pistachios, it adds a good crunch and pretty colors. My only regret is I didn’t see this before Easter it would’ve totally been on the menu!

Ha, I feel like that about mushrooms. They are so visually stunning, especially some of the more obscure ones. I want to like them so badly. I remember my dad chopping them into teeny tiny little pieces and throwing them in our lasagna. I would sit there for an hour and pick out every single piece. Stubborn to the core.

Aren’t pistachios amazing. I can’t get enough of them. Fabulous on carrots.

I love carrots and they are incredibly good for you. I’m gonna try this recipe b/c i seriously needed another way to fix them…so, thanks for this!:) Also this kitchenAid mixer in “Ice” is gorg(eous)!!!! It would really brighten up the place huh? First thing i would make is a cake…chocolate perhaps. thx for your blog and the oppty to win this prize.

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